Robert Epstein fires back Hillary Clinton after she calls his Google research a ‘debunked study’

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, on Oct. 9, 2016. (John Locher/AP Photo)

Dr. Robert Epstein, a research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research, asserted on Tuesday, Aug. 20, that Hillary Clinton told “blatant lies” about his Google study and he is going to fight this by “twitter storm.”

Epstein published a paper in 2017 that he said at the time shows Google’s bias affected the vote in the 2016 election. The study claimed Google generated a minimum of 2.6 million votes for Hilary Clinton through deceptive manipulation of search results.

President Trump seems to refer to this study in his tweet, saying on Monday “Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election! This was put out by a Clinton supporter, not a Trump Supporter! Google should be sued. My victory was even bigger than thought!”

In response to Trump’s claim, Hillary Clinton said it’s based on “the debunked study” and “21 undecided voters.”

“The debunked study you’re referring to was based on 21 undecided voters. For context that’s about half the number of people associated with your campaign who have been indicted,” she tweeted.

Google also rejected Epstein’s claims Monday, saying “This researcher’s inaccurate claim has been debunked since it was made in 2016. As we stated then, we have never re-ranked or altered search results to manipulate political sentiment.”

Epstein, then fired back Hillary and Google by a “twitter storm.”

“@HillaryClinton, whom I have strongly supported for many years, told blatant lies about me today. As a result, I have been subjected to widespread condemnation by mainstream media. I’m going to fight this. Stay tuned tomorrow for my first-ever twitter storm,” Epstein tweeted.

.@HillaryClinton, whom I have strongly supported for many years, told blatant lies about me today. As a result, I have been subjected to widespread condemnation by mainstream media. I’m going to fight this. Stay tuned tomorrow for my first-ever twitter storm. pic.twitter.com/CrPHMycVBu

To start his twitter storm, Epstein emphasized, “I’ve been caught in the middle of an exchange of tweets between 2 media titans, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Trump’s tweet was slightly wrong. Hillary’s tweet was shameful.”

“Now, switching to @HillaryClinton: This is going to hurt me to write, because I & my whole extended family have been strong supporters of the Clintons for decades. I have a framed, signed letter from #Bill on the wall near my desk. But #Hillary should be ashamed of herself,” he claimed.

Epstein continued to accuse Hillary Clinton of depending on Google for both money and votes.

#Hillary has long depended on #Google for both money & votes. Her largest donor in 2016 was Alphabet/Google. Her Chief Technology Officer during the campaign was Stephanie Hannon, a former Google exec. And then there’s #EricSchmidt, longtime head of Google – the guy in the pic: pic.twitter.com/dSV8wOPwAH

Epstein testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in July to explain his findings. Therefore, the researcher reminded Hillary Clinton, “I know you’re in Google’s pocket, but for the sake of our democracy, I urge you listen to my recent congressional testimony.”

and “Whistleblowers & leaks from Google have confirmed that the company blacklists, re-ranks & uses “ephemeral experiences” (which I study) to control people worldwide.”

#Hillary: Is that what you want your legacy to be? Whistleblowers & leaks from #Google have confirmed that the company blacklists, re-ranks & uses “ephemeral experiences” (which I study) to control people worldwide. Do you approve? https://t.co/xZEV7PqyHu

Epstein suggested, “If Big Tech cos. support the same candidate in 2020, they can shift 15M votes her way without people knowing how the shift occurred.”

#Hillary: If Big Tech cos. support the same candidate in 2020, they can shift 15M votes her way without people knowing how the shift occurred. If you had a choice between preserving #democracy & putting your candidate in office, which would you choose? https://t.co/gHbvbjd6tS

#Hillary: Among other tools, they can use “ephemeral experiences”-a term from a #Google email that leaked to @WSJ in 2018-to shift votes without leaving a paper trail. Ephemeral experiences like those search results I found that were biased in your favor. https://t.co/73CWSocIu4

He concluded by saying “Google poses a serious threat to the free-&-fair election & to human autonomy.”

#Hillary: If you examine my work carefully, you will find that it adheres to the very highest standards of scientific integrity. You will also conclude, I believe, that #Google poses a serious threat to the free-&-fair election & to human autonomy. See https://t.co/T2coTfZt5m